Why Writers Are Full of S*** (And Why We Have To Be)
Image is key to a writer's success. Yet this drive to fictionalise ourselves has become a toxic necessity. Worse still, it perpetuates harmful myths to incoming talent
A few years ago, I took a stab at telling the truth.
I’d just been commissioned by a major tie-in publisher to write a novella for a grimdark sci-fi anthology. I considered myself an old pro when it came to comics, but still felt like a noob when it came to prose, despite having written three Judge Anderson novellas and a bunch of shor…